# motioneye-project/motioneyeos

A Video Surveillance OS For Single-board Computers

Repository: https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneyeos
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/motioneyeos
Language: Makefile
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-02-14T15:47:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 26/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 6, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3986, "days_push": 565, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8210, forks 915 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:19.588388+00:00)

## What it is
motionEyeOS is a Linux distribution that turns single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi into a video surveillance system with camera monitoring and motion detection. It ships as a complete OS image rather than a package to install on an existing system.

## Use cases
- turn a raspberry pi into a security camera
- build a diy cctv system
- monitor my home with a webcam
- motion detection video recording
- set up an ip camera server on a single board computer
- self-hosted video surveillance

## When to choose
- you want a ready-made surveillance OS image for a single-board computer
- you need motion-triggered recording and camera monitoring without manual setup
- you prefer a dedicated device over installing software on an existing OS

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software with guaranteed updates
- you want to run surveillance software on an existing Linux distribution instead of a dedicated image
- you need hardware support beyond what the distribution provides

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: video-processing, monitoring, self-hosted
- domain: security, iot, self-hosted, embedded-systems
- platform: embedded, iot, self-hosted
- tags: video-surveillance, single-board-computer, cctv, ip-camera, motion-detection, linux-distribution, raspberry-pi, linux

## Member repositories
- motioneye-project/motioneyeos (main) score 26

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.588388+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:29:32.687631+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/motioneye-project/motioneyeos (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.588388+00:00, sha c81f0ebf4c30)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.